Bolting-reel



(No Model.)

0. s. ALDERMAN.

BOLTING REEL.

No. 895.026. Patented Dec. 25, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

CHARLES S. ALDERMAN, OF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

BOLTlNG-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,026, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed February 21, 1838. Serial No. 264,766- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. ALDERMAN, of the city of Danville, county of Vermilion, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belting- Reels and the Method of Bolting, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to enable bolting to be effected entirely by frictional pressure, and I accomplish my object by means of the method and mechanism hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In centrifugal reels the stock is carried well toward the top of the reel before the centrifugal force is overcome by gravity, and the internal circulation is upward in contact with a side of the reel and downward more or less vertically. Heretofore the descending stock has been subj ected to beaters under various names that with more or less force impel the stock against the bare cloth of the reel, the object being to expedite the process. I have become convinced through a series of experiments that any method of bolting that impels stock against bare cloth, or even permits it to fall against the same, tends to injure the product without facilitating the process, and in consequence my method is to receive the stock from the top of the reel, carry it down, and deposit it where the cloth is most thickly covered, thereby con fining the holti n g process entirely to frictional pressure.

In the drawings accom mnying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an end view of a reel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of a fragment including the tail of said reel; and Fig. 23 is a diagram of the reel in transverse section, showing the manner in which the stock is treated.

The ljlolting-cloth u is sustained by annular end pieces, 71, and intermediate bands, e. The shaft Z) carries radial arms, (I, that support longitudinal bars 0. At each cndoli' the reel, outside the casing g, is an annular flange, f, provided with bolts 2', that extend through the end pieces of the cloth-support and connect with bars 0. Rim Z conforms to the openpiece, It. The tubes or extend into the reel, as

indicated in Fig. 2, and provide means of exit ner ends are in advance of the outer ends,

while the reel is in motion. They extend through enlarged openings in flange f, and are held in position by close-fittin g plates 0. The plates m are approximately radial with the shaft. The plates at extend from the outer terminations of plates m in a direction opposed to the rotation of the reel. The outer surfaces of plates m act as receivin g-planes. The inner surfaces of plates m combine with plates on and the shaft to form retaining-buckets.

The operation of the reel is'indicated in Fig. 3 and will be readily apparent.

As gravity overcomes the centrifugal force of the reel and the stock begins to descend, it is received on the outer surface of a plate, deposited in the bucket next in advance of said plate, and carried over to and deposited on that portion of the cloth where the stock is thickest. The angular form of bucket shown in the drawings is preferable, for the reason that it may be readily applied to hexagonal reels; but it will be readily seen that some degree of curvature may exist without affecting the principle of my invention.

When it is desired to provide the reel with new cloth, plates 0 are loosened and nuts 7; on bolts i are manipulated until the tension is sutliciently slack to permit the cloth to be easily attached, and the operation is reversed after the cloth is in position. The rim Z ordinarily projects beyond the plate f and protects the space between the plate and the end support, It, in all their positions of relative adjustment.

As will be seen from the drawings, an ordinary hexagonal reel may be easily reconstructed in accordance with my invention, and in consequence mills provided with hexagonal reels can have the benefits of my method at a comparativcl y small expense.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a bolting-reel, in combination, a rotative reel on a central shaft and tangential plates on the shaft extending in a direction opposed to the direction of the rotation of the reel, as set forth.

2. In a bolting-reel, in combination, reel a, shaft 1), narrow radial plates m, and Wider plates, m, extended from plates on in tangential 1ines, as set forth.

3. In a bolting-reel, in combination, the shaft '1), the radial arms (I, the longitudinal bars 0, the flange)", the annular end piece, 71,

carrying riin Z and cloth cnthe bolts i, extendi ing through the flange and the end piece and 

